WYPL Book Talk

Douglas Robinson and Svetlana Ilinskaya - Rasskazy

Stephen Usery talks to translators Douglas Robinson and Svetlana Ilinskaya about their work on the new collection Rasskazy: New Fiction from a New Russia. The podcast has 36 minutes of extra conversation over the broadcast! Download the interview and hear what you missed!

Joseph Kanon - Stardust

Stephen Usery interviews Joseph Kanon about his newest period mystery novel, Stardust, which is set in Hollywood right after the end of World War II. (Joseph was Stephen's very first Book Talk interview back in 2002.)

Podcast - The Pinch - Fall 2009

Stephen Usery talks to Professor Kristen Iversen and the student editors of the University of Memphis's literary journal, The Pinch, about the Fall 2009 issue.

Podcast - Jill McCorkle - Going Away Shoes

Stephen Usery interviews one of the masters of the American short story, Jill McCorkle, about her fourth collection, Going Away Shoes.

Podcast - Mark Greaney - They Gray Man

Stephen Usery talks to Memphis author Mark Greaney about his debut international thriller starring Court Gentry entitled The Gray Man.

 

Podcast -Robert Hicks - A Separate Country

Stephen Usery interviews Robert Hicks about his latest novel A Separate Country which follows the life of Confederate General John Bell Hood through his astonishing life after the Civil War in New Orleans.Download the podcast today!

 

Podcast - Timothy Hallinan - Breathing Water

Stephen Usery interviews Timothy Hallinan about his newest novel, Breathing Water: A Bangkok Thriller. Breathing Water is the third book starring American expat journalist Poke Rafferty, his Thai wife, Rose and their adopted daughter Miaow.

Podcast - Eric Jerome Dickey - Resurrecting Midnight

Stephen Usery interviews best-selling author and Memphis native Eric Jerome Dickey about his fourth novel featuring the assassin Gideon, Resurrecting Midnight. Download the podcast today.

Podcast - Richard Dixie Hartwell - When the Buddha Met the Bubba

Stephen talks to Richard "Dixie" Hartwell about his first novella When the Buddha Met Bubba.

Podcast - Ron Hall - Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets

Stephen Usery talks to Ron Hall about his new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling.

Podcast - Dan Chaon - Await Your Reply

Stephen Usery interviews Dan Chaon, winner of the 2006 Academy Award in Literature, about his critically-acclaimed second novel Await Your Reply which weaves together three plots about identity theft.

 

 

Podcast - Clay Travis - On Rocky Top

Bill Wilson talks to guest Clay Travis about On Rocky Top, his investigation of the calamitous 2008 season for the Tennessee Volunteers football team that lead to the firing of Coach Phillip Fulmer. This podcast boasts an extra ten minutes of conversation looking at the prospects for the team under new head coach Lane Kiffin.

Podcast - Eric Barnes - Shimmer

Stephen Usery interviews the publisher of The Daily News, Eric Barnes, about his debut literary tech thriller, Shimmer.

 

Podcast - Lydia Peelle - Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing

Congratulations to Book Talk guest and Nashville resident Lydia Peelle for being named to the National Book Foundation's 2009 5 Under 35 program. Past Book Talk guests who have been honored are Fiona Maazel (2008) and ZZ Packer (2006).



Stephen Usery interviews Lydia about Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing, her first collection of award-winning short stories. Download the podcast today!

Podcast - Robert Dalby - A Piggly Wiggly Wedding

Linda Lloyd talks to Robert Dalby about the third installment of his series set in Second Creek, Mississippi A Piggly Wiggly Wedding.

Podcast - David O. Stewart - Impeached

Stephen Usery interviews David O. Stewart about his book Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy. It's a fascinating look into the event that presaged the squandered hope of Reconstruction following the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Download the podcast today!

 

Podcast - Reshonda Tate Billingsly - The Devil is a Lie

Susan Gray talks to one of America's most successful inspirational fiction writers ReShonda Tate Billingsley about her new novel The Devil is a Lie.

Podcast - Megan Abbott - Bury Me Deep

Stephen Usery interviews Edgar Award winner and reigning crown princess of noir Megan Abbott about her latest look at the seamy side of the human experience, Bury Me Deep.

 

Podcast - Attica Locke - Black Water Rising

In this podcast, Stephen Usery interviews Attica Locke about her debut novel, Black Water Rising, which is set in Houston, Texas's oil boom in the early 1980s as the legacy of racism and corporate greed come to a head.

Podcast - Sam Haskell - Promises I Made My Mother

Stephen Usery interviews Sam Haskell about his book, Promises I Made My Mother. It's a memoir that tracks the moral grounding Haskell's mother gave him and how it helped in his personal life and his career as the head of television for the legendary William Morris talent agency. Download the podcast today!